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A grandfather from Abergavenny has thanked the Wales Air Ambulance Service for saving his life after he was hit by a drunk driver one Christmas Eve.

A recent Wellington conference by Degrowth Aotearoa New Zealand had a catering arrangement where the only option was vegan and there was no waste. Zero Waste champion Hannah Blumgardt had offered to do the catering because she was fed up with attending so-called ...

When the world needs technological breakthroughs to resolve the biggest challenges, from pandemics to climate change, philanthropic-backed projects often lead the way. But philanthropy operates in many ways – should it thrive on competition or collaboration?

UK-based UnifAI Technology, developers of an app which can read COVID-19 lateral flow diagnostic tests from smartphones, has been given special use authorisation from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Click to read more...

Singapore and the UK Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Photo: UKRI website. Opportunities and support for Singapore and UK enterprises to tap respective technological expertise and market knowledge through new co-innovation programme.

The main decision-making, executive and managerial bodies at Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.

The FINANCIAL — Self-driving vehicles in the UK are receiving a boost with the announcement that four trailblazing projects have received a total of £2.3 million from government. The projects will demonstrate routes to safe fully automated vehicles. The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) will work with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, to invest in these projects. The aim of this competition is to continue development of technologies to enable safe use of fully...

Hydrogen trains, electromagnetic braking system and pandemic-busting innovations win DfT cash The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced the winners of its First of a Kind competition to develop new technology to encourage passengers back to the railway. In total, 30 projects have received a share of a £9M pot to help develop the technology further. The winners were selected by the DfT in partnership with Innovate UK. Winners include: A 360-degree immersive journey planning app, intercha...

UK Government To Spend £20 Million Funding Electric Vehicle Innovations Mar 13, 2021 at 7:34am ET ++ The funding is part of the "build back greener" policy The government has announced plans to invest £20 million in “electric vehicle innovations” and it’s inviting companies to pitch their ideas. The news comes as the government “cements” its commitment to ending the sale of new petrol- and diesel-powered cars in 2030, with sales of new hy...

previous winners include pop-up EV chargers and hydrogen-fuelled ambulances funding to help the UK transition towards all new cars and vans being zero emission by 2035, as the government builds back greener Innovative ideas for zero-emission vehicles could benefit from a share of £20 million in funding announced today (10 March 2021). The government is launching a research and development competition, open to some of the most promising electric vehicle technology innovations. This could incl...